< 'IIP, K 



- 



was delivered on the main position by 18.000 

 mea. with *0 guns. A fter enertUlery Sue* the 



lorn of 270 upon I he enemy. 



L-Intbe 

 week of January. 18M. A t hint army, numbering 



a.- / lM ' 3 .' & I KfH .: 



varioMMtete 



about 85,000 men. set out from Japan in 80 the Chinese men-of-war, none of which eoold 



transport*. The troops landed at varioot points gettherange. The Japanese etvisers M Hani we," 



ti8taTn*pS*ji >;>. ib< fafcotoi --Ak.--,-. , ,-: K,--.-,, 



eiosing in npon the naval fortress of Wei-llai- long range to draw the fire of the (abate off the 



u > . MM in .-.- M bg matl .' 



At Purt Arthur. Marshal - 

 over with hi* u(T from I'.-rt Arthur 



jtj jatumtd direction of the flfTreAfflML 

 the J.|*ne*e snipe 



ti..i> f !.. 



bom- 



io ord. 



"M 

 8 



of the Sendai division and the men of the Ks> 

 memoto division had peeesd by this fort u> take 

 upsUlionsonthehaUo^rlookingtheseabet, 



ft^^^^A *!**% B^M^Mftft^A fl^M^Mvff I m IM. I ! t A mm^m^m M 



MvMK * wv mimuMM iwevMy mm* w eDBsmnwtl 



tftkA ^M^BA^Hi A*Mflto*AAit ^m^^^ Aflb^ ^ ^.i i fc 



we uMBawaru afiprasjca were urm sumnea oy 

 the Kamamoto men, who immediately tnmeo 

 the gun* on the Chinese fort*, and were Celled 



SJ 



;; 



lone range to draw the fire of 



land force*, and were aaswered by the 



Uitorie*. The magatine of the norU 



l.ut onr ..f the N ,,,,.lrn, f-rt, -a. c M .I,.!c.i , a 



ug shell, ilemolielilni the stroctore and 

 killing all the* deft 



r- .' . . , :..'-:. 



fwlW 



and down in front of the forta, 

 the 



i .1 : 



< . : r. .. -;, .,. 



Ih0 main body under 



milet east of Wei-Hai Vet Another landing 

 was effected on Jan. S4 at *t the same 



yaneeoo the other side of the great navel 



.:.,.:, ;.'. ; ,;' V', ', 



A force of 800 SMB. with 4 Kropp gans, had 



t ftj I tJM 'r . W, li,: \\,, 



when the Japanese war snips were seen off the 

 promontory. The first boatloads of Japanese 

 were landed unobserved in a snowstorm, and 

 when the Chinese opened fire on the boats 

 MM gm '. " mm mlpi i nanlW 

 them to abandon their position, and a bayo- 

 net charge pot an end to all resistance In 



i, r r'.,..- K '.' tMhted -i,:r IBfl B Th- 



ng-Tcheng was occupied after a show 

 of rseistsmiB. with a Urge quantity of arms, am- 

 munition, and stores* 



ipanese fleet, consisting of SO war ships, 

 ami 90 torpedo boat*, took its sta- 

 rt, at the entrance of \\ 



harbor. It was many days before the heavy 

 guns and all the snppOes and materials for the 

 M.V N |stesj % r .- 'i !.- .LI? m thai .- i 

 vanoed, and drew a close cordon around the 

 rjdneei m agl Id on tb latjd -::-, Ck Jaa 

 Sand 97 reconnoissenost were made. and the 

 rangtwat tested by the large and small gone of 



On Jan. 80 the Japanese advanced undercover 



.ttark the eastern forts of Wei- 



<i had apparently no pfek- 



ets out, and seemed to be taken completely by disposition to meet 

 . when the enemy's Utteriet opened fire of Chose who fled to 

 upon the works at daybreak. 



another, in spite of the shelling from the 

 NT. The Oiiiie, unnerved by the tenifle 

 explosion, fled at soon at they saw bayonets hi 



!i.. OHM - fr M. ielDftl - m f *r . bhtj 



^ .'... A . . 'A 



: ' ..'...... 



train* to eiptftde the remainmg magasinse, 



^^i t Inn j I JMijiMfii Ijt mil I^M tfnfiA ftftft t^M J^tfw 



W |UU* Mlt 1OV f* 



Otera wte^kflled by a^frSSient ofaehell 

 ness war ehVwhU^ 



roemy presenteii a mark. The Kumamoto 

 parsned the fleeing CMlstt. end the eav 



L^S the pomim'emerged from the hill* 

 for %M! killed 80 wfehtts 



19 



There were 11 powerfnl pieces of artillervleft. 



^ i . . 

 ion*, w nan expen gun nerv were laoojea rrom 



the Japanese fleet to work the aft-too guns, the 

 Chinese shins ceased the homliafdment of the 

 fort* and sought the theller of the island of 

 I . ! u K ung-Tao. The Knmamoto brW^^ that 

 did all the fighting lost only ao or 40 men in 

 'I . ( - - ' ... : 



were struck by shot and shell from the shipa 

 he island fort*. The main body of Mar 

 hal Oyama-s army had taken the ronte over the 

 steep height* back of the forta in the eipeetsr 

 tfonofflnding the Chinese posted there tafone, 

 bat they met none of the enemy. 



er this battle had no 



A part of the 8andai dirWoo took upaneie- 

 Tatedpoaition oppoaiU Rankako Shan, a hill 

 rnmandinir the eaatern land approach to 





t daybreak t wo 



- and. afler a briak' 



nonade on both side*, the ftiinatt 

 had distributed shells over a wide 



r fire upon the attacking 

 batteries, began to weaken, then the infantry. 



had worked it* way round through ravines 



r0 yards of the posiUonTpour^l a 



hail of musketry into thr irrnchet and chaired 



the already fleeing Chinamen. Pour Krupp 



field guns were captured. 



.0 center and on the right the main body 



rare M< t wi 



**of the 1 



overtoUu-Kuag^aiidthefvcomn 



ff KA fl i -ltt f ff KA me>w*w? 1 &^1 IhtW e%l 



to attack the town of Woi-Hai-Wei 

 The vnngtjard of the Sendai dirt! 

 through the drifting snow, met 



road Feb. t. 



